ok ill start, let me just say im at my wits end with this car and the bodyshop its at..i have no doubt that the car will end up looking mint, but enough is enough.
i droped the car off may 8th, he told me it would be 3 weeks. o ya before i forget, this is going to be a full resto, including whole car stripped to bare metal, all glass out, all new weather striping and window moldings. he garentees the quality will not change while i have i car.
ok back on track, i droped it off may 8th, told me 3 weeks, after a week of the car not moving i went down to talk to him and all he said was that they car would be done on time and not to worry. so after the 3weeks go by and its not done i talked to him again(even to this day i go down and check on the car every other day bc if i dont stay on top of him nothing will get done). so i go talk to him and tell him"yes i understand where ur coming from, this is a time consuming job when all u gotta do is put a hood and fender on that bmw x5 and get $4800" he just looks down at the ground so i said ok if i give u some money will that help the process and he says yes so i give him $2000. and he tell me 3 weeks u have my word
car sits for another 2.5 weeks then he finally hires someone to do the bodywork to the whole car. so he starts working on it and makes some progress. then quits and the bodyshop just kept telling me "ya hes been busy but hes gunna work nights on it" so the car sat for another month...finally get the guy he hired to finish the bodywork but now the car has to be brought to his shop so the guy can finish it...car sits for another few weeks before nething gets done to it....then when the mom n pop shop next store tells him ive been comin and peeking in the window to see if theres been ne progress, he tapes up the windows!!!!!!!1
so cant see my own effing car so finally i tell the bodyshop that i talked to an attorney and he and the guy he hired finally get going on it.. slow progress but progress atleast.. and this happend about 3 weeks ago if im not mistaken...so currently the car minus hood,doors,decklid,spoiler r in black.. but he said there were a few fish eyes in some spots so hes gotta repaint parts. and today he tells me i need a new hood bc mine was cracked on the side(i saw the crack) and after welding it the gap for the hood to driver fender dont line up right... oyaa!! plus he still hasnt fixed the hole in the trunk or on the floor behind drivers seat..i totally forgot about those so anyways the 3 week paint job is taken 3 months and most of my summer
ok im done thank you for letting me vent.
fyi..otto if u read this this is the reason why the car is not been to your shop yet for a tune :wink:
i droped the car off may 8th, he told me it would be 3 weeks. o ya before i forget, this is going to be a full resto, including whole car stripped to bare metal, all glass out, all new weather striping and window moldings. he garentees the quality will not change while i have i car.
ok back on track, i droped it off may 8th, told me 3 weeks, after a week of the car not moving i went down to talk to him and all he said was that they car would be done on time and not to worry. so after the 3weeks go by and its not done i talked to him again(even to this day i go down and check on the car every other day bc if i dont stay on top of him nothing will get done). so i go talk to him and tell him"yes i understand where ur coming from, this is a time consuming job when all u gotta do is put a hood and fender on that bmw x5 and get $4800" he just looks down at the ground so i said ok if i give u some money will that help the process and he says yes so i give him $2000. and he tell me 3 weeks u have my word
car sits for another 2.5 weeks then he finally hires someone to do the bodywork to the whole car. so he starts working on it and makes some progress. then quits and the bodyshop just kept telling me "ya hes been busy but hes gunna work nights on it" so the car sat for another month...finally get the guy he hired to finish the bodywork but now the car has to be brought to his shop so the guy can finish it...car sits for another few weeks before nething gets done to it....then when the mom n pop shop next store tells him ive been comin and peeking in the window to see if theres been ne progress, he tapes up the windows!!!!!!!1
so cant see my own effing car so finally i tell the bodyshop that i talked to an attorney and he and the guy he hired finally get going on it.. slow progress but progress atleast.. and this happend about 3 weeks ago if im not mistaken...so currently the car minus hood,doors,decklid,spoiler r in black.. but he said there were a few fish eyes in some spots so hes gotta repaint parts. and today he tells me i need a new hood bc mine was cracked on the side(i saw the crack) and after welding it the gap for the hood to driver fender dont line up right... oyaa!! plus he still hasnt fixed the hole in the trunk or on the floor behind drivers seat..i totally forgot about those so anyways the 3 week paint job is taken 3 months and most of my summerok im done thank you for letting me vent.
fyi..otto if u read this this is the reason why the car is not been to your shop yet for a tune :wink:
